Fare-register



(No Model.)

C. L. LOGAN.

PARE REGISTER.

No. 499,746. Patented June 20, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LINCOLN LOGAN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

FARE-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,746, dated June 20,1893.

Application filed September 5, 1892. Serial No. 445,096. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES LINCOLN Lo- GAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Los Angeles,in the county of Los Angeles and Stateof California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFare-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tare registers, and has reference moreparticularly to that class of registers in which the fares areregistered in two different places, one of lwhich shows a continuousaccount known as the total number while the other represents an accountfor each half-trip. Such fares as are registered by this counter, exceptthe total number, are to be canceled and the trip register set to OO atthe end of each half-trip.

The object of my'invention is to provide a sure and absolute check onthe conductor; to detect dishonest conductors; to avoid what is known asjumpingg and finally to provide a register which shall be light andhandy when used as a portable device.

To these ends my invention consists in various features, details, andcombinations hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure l is a tace view, partly insection, of my improved register; Fig. 2, a rear View of the same alsopartly in section; Fig. 3, a vertical longitudinal sectional view of thesaine; Fig. a, a face view of the mechanism for setting the tripcounters to OO and for shifting the trip sign; and Fig. 5, a Viewillustrating the construction and'arrangement of the continuous countermechanism.

A indicates a box, shell, or casing which is designed to be sealed orotherwise closed against access to the interior by the conductor orother unauthorized persons. Mounted within this box 0r casing is a framewhich supports the operative parts of the mechanism, which framecomprises two plates B and C connected by suitable posts B2 as shown inFig. 3. Secured upon the rear face of the plate C are two guiding ribsor plates D between which works the actuating rod or stem E, as clearlyshown in Fig. 2. This rod or stem E is provided at its upper end with aninclined laterally projecting rib a, Figs. 2 and 3, which is designed tocause the ringing of the bell or gong at each downward reciprocation ofthe rod or stem E. The bell or gong F which is also secured to the rearface of plate C, is provided with a hammer b carried near the end of thespring arm c,-the end of said arm c being arranged in the path ot' thelaterally-projecting portion a of the rod or stem E, as shown in Fig. 2.

When the rod or stem E is pulled downward, the inner edge or face of therib a thereon will strike against the end of the spring arm c (which endis bent laterally as shown in Fig. 3) and force said arm inward towardthe center of the gong or bell. As soon as the rod or stem is carrieddownward as far as may be necessary to actuate the register, the end ofthe spring arm will ride ott the upper end of the rod or stem, and itselasticity will throw the hammer h against the gong and thereby soundthe latter.

'Vhen the rod or stem E is raised to its normal position by the springG, the inwardlyturned end of the spring' arm c will ride along the outerface of the rib a and pass oft the outer end of the latter and assumethe position shown in Fig. 2.

The rod or stem E is provided on one of its side faces with a series ofnotches or a rackbar d, Fig. 2, with which is adapted to engage a pawlor dog e pivoted to the rear face of plate C, the pawl or dog being heldin its normal position by a light spring f, as indicated bythe dottedline in Fig. 2. This pawl or dog is employed for the purpose of lockingthe rod or stem against movement unless it be carried upward anddownward to its full and proper extent. If the rod be pulled partway outit will have to be pulled the remainder of the distance before it can bereturned, as the teeth of the bar d will be engaged by the pawl or doge; or in case the rod has been partially returned, it must be returnedto its full normal position before it-can be pulled outward again. Inother words, if the rod or stem E be stopped at any intermediate pointbetween the extremes of movement, it will be locked by reason of thepawl e engaging the rack bar d of the rod or stem. The rod or stem E isreturned to its normal position, Fig. 2, by means of a coiled spring Gfastened at one end to the shell or casing, and at the opposite end tothe rod or stem.

H indicates a pawl or dog pivotally secured to the rear side or face ofthe rod or stem E, as clearly shown in Fig. 2; the said pawl or dogbeing adapted to engage a ratchet wheel I (which is provided with tenteeth) secured rigidly upon a shaft J extending from front to rear ofthe registeig-the construction and arrangement being such that everytime the rod or stem E is pulled downward it will impart to the ratchetwheel l one-tenth of a rotation.

The shaft J to which l have just referred, carries at its front end onthe front side of the plate C, a disk or wheel K which has a singletooth L, Fig. l, and is further provided on its front face with numeralsranging from 0 to 9 inclusive. There is also mounted upon the shaft Jimmediately under the disk K, a mutilated gear M which has an extendedflat face, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4; the said parts K and Mbeing made fast to the shaft J. Upon the front face of plate C is asecond disk or wheel N, which is provided with ten teeth O, adapted tobe struck successively by the single tooth L of the disk or wheel K;said disk or wheel Nbeing provided on its frontfaee with numeralscorresponding with those on the disk or wheel K, as clearly shown inFig. l. The disk or wheel N is secured to the shaft P by means of aserewP', Fig. l, or in any other suitable manner. Beneath the disk or wheelN, which is fast upon the short shaft P, Fig. 4, is a second mutilatedgear wheel Q, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4 which is also fast uponthe shaft P.

The shell or easing A is provided with an opening R in its front facethrough which will be displayed one numeral of each of the wheels ordisks K and N,-the numerals on the lower wheel or disk K representingunits, while those on the upper disk N represent tens. From thisconstruetion it will be seen that every time the rod or stem E is pulleddownward its pawl ll will engage the ratchet wheel l and give said wheeland its shaft J one-tenth of a rotation, and inasmuch as the lower diskK is also secured rigidly upon the shaft J, it,the said disk K, willturn or rotate one-tenth of a rotation at the same time. Every time thatthe lower wheel or disk K is thus given one-tenth of a rotation it willdisplay anew number through the opening R. When this wheel or disk K hasmade one complete rotation, its single tooth L will strike one of theteeth O of the upper disk or wheel N and turn or rotate said upper diskor wheel one-tenth of a rotation, and thereby cause a new number to bedisplayed through the opening R. These two disks or wheels K and N areprovided with numbers sut'licient to register one hundred fares, whichis all that would be ordinarily required on a half-trip; but should itbe found desirable to provide for a further or greater registration offares, an additional wheel or disk could be employed which shouldindicate the number of hundreds.

The total register is constructed as follows:

Projecting from the shaft J is a radial arm S in which is pivoted aspring-actuated pawl or dog g which is adapted to engage a ratchet wheelT mounted loosely upon the shaft J as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5. Thisratchet wheel T is secured to or forms part of a disk U which isprovided with a single tooth or projection 71l on its periphery and witha series of numbers from O to on its rear face, the numbers beingdisplayed through a suitable opening V formed in the rear face of theshell or easing A, as shown in Fig. 2. The disk U which carries theratchet wheel T, heilig mounted loosely upon the shaft J, is given aone-tenth rotation at each downward pull of the rod E, by reason ot theengagement of the pawl g with the said wheel T; it being understood, ofcourse, that the arm S carrying thepawl is fast to the shaft J and turnsor rotates therewith as the dial K is rotated by the rod E. The rotationof the wheel or the disk U, which is the units dial of the totalregister, effects the rotation of the remaining dials of such registerin the manner now to be explained. .Directly above the disk U are thewheels lV, X, and Y, each having numerals from O to d on their rearfaces, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2. The numerals on the lower twowheels are displayed through the opening V, while those on the upper twowheels are displayed through a second opening Z. Each of the wheels W,X, an d Y is provided with a ratchet wheel t' having ten teeth, whileupon each of the wheels W and X is a second disk 7' each of which hasbut a single tooth le, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The ratchet disk t'of wheel V is in Ithe same vertical plane with the tooth h of the diskor wheel U, so that every time the wheel U makes one complete rotation,it will impart to the wheel XV one-tenth of a rotation. The motion thuscommunicated to the wheel lV is transmitted to the wheel X by reason ofthe tooth 7e of the former engaging the teeth of the ratchet wheel t' onthe wheel l X. The ratchet diskiofthe uppermost wheel Y is arranged inthe same vertical plane as the disk of the wheel X, so that when thewheel X makes one complete rotation, it will impartto the wheelYone-tenth of a rotation.

It will be noticed, upon reference to Fig. 5, that the direction of theratchet teeth on the wheels XV, X, and Y, point, respectively, inopposite directions, in order that such ratchet disks may be properlyacted upon by the single tooth disk of adjacent wheels. These wheels U,WV, X, and Y, will preferably, but not necessarily, be each made up of aseries of separate disks superposed and mounted to turn, as one, uponthe respective shafts. Of course the number of wheels in this totalregister may be increased or diminished, as desired, to vary thecounting capacity of the register. Each of these wheels or disks lV,

X, and Y will be provided with a spring or pawll to prevent backwardrotation, while the ratchet wheel T, which is mounted loosely upon theshaft J, is provided with a spring m,

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Fig. 3,which engaging the teeth of said ratchet wheel, holds the latteragainst turning and, prevents the actuation of this train of gearing`when the trip counters K and N are being set to OO.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that every time the rodor stem E is pulled downward to actuate the trip registers, the lowerdisk or wheel U of the total register will be at the same time turned orrotated to correspond, and as the resetting of the trip register disks Kand N does not affect the total register, the latter will at all timesshow the total number of fares that have been registered. In order toreset the trip register at the end of each half-trip and to change thedirection or trip signal device, I employ the mechanism illustrated inFigs. 1 and 4..

Mounted upon the front face of plate C is a plate or slide n whose innerend is bifureated to receive an elongated lug or projection o securedrigidly upon plate C; the lug serving to guide the slide in itsmovements into and out of the shell or casing A, which latter is slottedat one end to receive the slide. This lug or projection o, which remainsfixed relatively to the slide, is provided with a rack bar p with whichit is designed to engage a spring-actuated pawl q, the construction andarrangement being such that if the slide be pulled part way out it willhave to be pulled the remainder of the distance before it can bereturned; or in case it has been partially returned, it must be returnedto its full normal position before it can be pulled outward again. Theslide is further provided with a pointed projection r which is designedto engage a pointed dog s pivoted in a plate t, which latter is adaptedto reciprocate at right angles to the slide a over which it is placed,as clearly shown in Fig. 4. The plate 't is guided in its movements bysuitable ways u, and is reciprocated by means of a pin or stud U workingin a double cam groove iv, in the back of the plate t, as shown in Fig.4. This plate t is provided with posts or supports y which carry thedirection plate e', having the words in 7 and out shown in Figs. l and4. The actuating slide 'n is provided in its upper and lower edges withteeth a which, under certain conditions, are adapted to engage the teethof the mutilated gears M and Q of the trip counter wheels.Thesemutilated gears are so disposed with reference to the numbers offigures contained on the disks K and N as that when the latter are at O0the iiat faces of the gears will be parallel with the upper and loweredges of the actuating slide fa, so that in case said slide should bepulled outward, it would ride past these flat faces without engaging oractuating the gears. If, however, the rod or stem E has been previouslypulled down one or more times the gears will have been turned and theirteeth brought into line with the teeth Ct on the plate n so that in caseit be attempted to pull the slide n outward, such movement will elect arotation (to the right) of the lower gear wheel M and the disk or wheelK connected therewith.

If the register has been operated a sufficient number of times to causethe tens wheel or disk N to turn one-tenth of a rotation or more, theteeth of the upper gear wheel Q will also be thrown into the path of theteeth a on the upper edge of the slide n, so that when the slide ismoved outward it will effect a rotation of the gear wheel Q and of theteus disk or wheel N. In other words, unless both disks be set at OO anoutward movement of the slide n will effect a rotation or turning ofsuch disk. It is important to observe that when these disks are turnedor rotated by means of the rod or stem E and the intermediateconnections, the lower gear M will turn to the left and the upper gear Qwill turn to the right; but when the slide n is pulled outward and itengages these gears, it reverses this movement of the latter and causesthe lower gear to revolve to the right and the upper gear to the left.It will be seen from this construction that the slide n and the rod orstem E cannotboth be actuated at the same time as these gear wheels Mand Q are fast upon their shafts.

If the slide n should be pulled out only part way and the rod or stem Ebe pulled downward, the latter can be pulled only part way, as the teethof the gear M being in engagement with the teeth a of the slide n willnot permit the wheel to revolve to the left, as it must do when actuatedby the rod or stem. So too, if the slide n be pulled out only part way,andthe rod or stem E also be pulled down part way, it will be seen thatneither one could be moved farther, as the rod or stem E could not bereturned to place while held by its locking pawl e and rack d, while theslide it could not be returned because of the engagement of the dog qwith the rack p.

In order to set the trip register at 00 it is only necessary to pull theslide n outward so that in case any fares have been registered, theteeth a of the slide may turn or rotate the shafts J and P and theirgears M and Q so as to bring the fiat face of the mutilated gearsparallel to the upper and lower edges of the slide, when of course thereis nothing to prevent, so far as the resetting is concerned, the inwardmovement of the slide.

IVhen the parts are in the position shown in Figs. l and t the plate# isin its lowermost position, and the slide u is in its normal positionwithin the case. If the slide be now pulled outward, the pin or stud v,riding along the inclined portion w of the cam slot, will cause saidplate t to move upward until the said pin or stud arrives at the apex ofthe cam slot, when it will ride out of the latter. At about the timethat the pin @or stud rides out of the cam slot w fr, the pointedprojection r on the plate n will strike the under side of the pivoteddog s of` the plate t and cause a further slight upward movement of IOOIIO

the plate. This upward movement of the plate t is given to insure theentrance of the stud or pin c into the lower portion :n of the cam slot,so that when the slide is pushed inward again it will, riding in theinclined portion of the slot, cause the plate t (carrying the directionplate e) to rise still higher and display through a suitable opening t2in the front of the case A, the word in in lieu of the word out whichwas previously displayed through such opening. As the plate t is thuscarried upward, the nose of the dog s will strike the lower edge of oneof the ways or guides u, and the point or nose of such dog will bethrown below its center so that the next time that the pointedprojection o on the plate n comes in contact with the dog, it will rideupon the upper face of the latter and give the plate t a slight downwardmovement instead of a slight upward movement as it did under theprevious adj ustment.

If the word in is opposite the opening b., and it is desired to changeit so as to display the word out, it is only necessary to pull the sliden outward, and return it to its normal position. The pin if, working inthe lower part of the slot a: carries the plate 't downward until thepin shall have moved out of the slot The pointed projection r comes intocontact with the upper face of the pivoted dog and gives the plate t aslight downward movement so as to insure the entrance of the pin or studinto the upper part zu of the slot w as. It will thus be seen that bythemovement of a single plate or slide as n, I effect not only a resettingof the trip counter but also effect a change in the direction plate.

The particular register shown in the drawings is designed to be carriedby the conductor, and as it weighs but nine ounces, it cannot beconsidered injurious to the health of the conductor as has beencontended concerning other registers. It is to be understood, however,that the invention is not restricted to portable registers, as it isclearly adapted to be secured in position within a vehicle in the samemanner as other registers now in use.

An important advantage in the present construction resides in the factthat the register cannot jump as frequently occurs with other registerswhich I have seen in operation. A register which is known to jump once,is thereafter not to be relied upon as a check upon the conductor, forif he chooses to pocket a certain number of fares, he has but to claimthat his register jumped. Ily placing both units-dials upon the sameshaft and causing them to rotate in unison; and by making a simple anddirect acting dial-actuating mechanism, I avoid -all possibility ofthejumping of the register.

As a general rule, fare registers are beaten by the operation of thetrip-indicator sign; but under my construction any attempt to beat theregister by the actuation of the trip-sign will result in suredetection, as the conductor could neither ring the bell nor register afare.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. In a fareregister, the combination with a casing; of two independent shafts J andI) carrying, respectively, the units and tens tripdials K and N; thesingle tooth wheel L mounted upon shaft J; the ten tooth wheel O mountedupon shaft P and adapted to be engaged by wheel L; the total-registerunit-dial U mounted loosely upon the shaft J; a ratchet wheel T securedto the dial U; an arm S sccured to the shaft J and provided with apawl gto engage the ratchet wheel; means for resetting the trip-dials; and adetent for holding the unit-dial U at rest during the resettingoperation.

2. In a fare register, the combination with the trip-dials K and N, andtheir mutilated gears, of means for turning them in one direction, and aresetting means adapted to engage the gears and turn them in theopposite direction.

3. In a fare register, the combination with the trip dials K and N, andtheir mutilated gears, of the actuating rod or stem adapted to turn themalways in one direction, and a sliding toothed plate, adapted to turnthem in the opposite direction.

il. In a fare register, the combination with the trip-dials K and N, ofthe mutilated gears having their inactive faces in line with the O onthe respective dials, means for rotating each dial always in a givendirection, and a toothed plate working between the gears.

5. In a fare register, the combination with the trip dials K and N andtheir actuating mechanism, of a slide n, and means substantially such asshown and described for re-setting the dials, so disposed with referenceto the actuating mechanism that the re-setting and the actuation of thedials cannot be effected at the same time.

G. In a fare register, the combination with the trip dials K and N andtheir actuating mechanism, of a slide n, and suitable connections ferre-setting the dials,-said resetting means being normallyinert andadapted to come into play only in case the dials have been operated bytheir actuating mechanism, all substantially as shown and described.

7. In combination with the trip dials K and N; a resetting slide for thelatter; and an actuating mechanism for said dials arranged in suchrelation to the re-retting slide as to be incapable of action during`the operation of the re-setting slide, all substantially as shown anddescribed.

S. In a fare register, the combination with the trip dials K and N, of asliding plate n. and intermediate connections for setting the dials, anda trip-indicating plate actuated by said slide.

9. In a fare register, the combination with the trip dials K and N,of asliding settingplate therefor provided with a pin or stud fu, and theindicator plate t provided with the earn slot w az.

10. In a fare register, the combination with the indicator plate t,provided with a V-sbaped cam slot w of a slide n provided With a pin o;a projection a upon the slide, and a pivoted dog s mounted upon theplate in position to be struck by the projection o.

ll. In a fare register, the combination With the plate t provided with aV-shaped camslot, and with a pivoted dog s of means for rocking the dog,and the slide n provided with a pin o to enter the cani slot, and with aprojection o to engage the dog. r 5

In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twoWitnesses.

CHARLES LINCOLN LOGAN.

fitnessesz E. S. LEWIS, J. R. MURRAY.

